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No. 409,991. Patented Aug. 27, 1889.

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GEORGE FREDERICK LUTTIOKE, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent m5. 409,991, dated August 27, 1889.

Application filed January 1 7,

To all whom it nay concern.-

Be'it known that I, GEORGE FREDERICK LUTTIOKE, a subject of the Queen of G'reat Britain, residing at London, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in Toy Locomotives, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to toy locomotive driven by a suitable motor and adapted to fly .to pieces upon coming in contact with an obstacle or upon being suddenly stopped, so as to resemble the bursting and breaking up of a real locomotive in collision, and comprises the improvements hereinafter more particularly described. I

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, Figure 1 is a central longitudinal section of a toy locomotive constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same, partly in horizontal section. Fig. 3 is a rear end elevation. Fig. 4 is a transverse section on line ABof Fig. 2. Figs. 5 to 9 are detached views of some of the parts. I

Similar letters in all the figures indicate similar parts. i

a is a platform or carriage mounted upon wheels I) b b b, and upon which the various detachable parts of the toy are fitted in the manner hereinafter described. The toy is shown, byrway of example, arranged to be driven by a spring a, coiled around the axle d of one pair of wheels Z) Z), and having one end attached to the said. axle and the other end to the carriage a.

Upon the carriage a, I mount a buffer-bar e, sliding in aguide f and projecting from the front of the locomotive when the parts have been fitted together. The rear end of the sliding buffer-bar e carries an upright g, provided with a clip 7t, for receiving flanges L i on the two parts j j, forming the semi-cylindrical sides of the boiler. One of these parts 9' is shown detached in elevation and edge view at Figs. 5 and 6, respectively. The parts j j are also each formed with lugs k k, which are inserted in slots 1 Zin the platform a. Springs mm are attached to the vertical sides of the guide f, and by pressing against the inner sides of the parts j j serve to project them outward, when their flanges it 1889. Serial No. 296,595. (No model.)

are released from the clip h by the buffer-bar 6 being forced inward on coming in contact with an obstacle or upon being pulled. The upright 9 also carries a rod 01, which is bythe same movement of the bar 6 caused to strike the enginedrivers cab o and throw it off the platform a. The cab 0](shown detached in side and rear elevations at Figs. 7 and 8, respectively) is secured to the platform a by means of spring-clips p p on the platform, and of a wire q, the bent ends of which enter holes 1' r in the said platform. The end of the rod n is crooked, as shown at s, for the purpose of holding aspring-hammertin a raised position.- This hammer, when released by the sudden movement of the bar e androd.

n, is intended to strike a percussioncap placed in a pan u, and thereby produce a loud report at the moment of the break up of the parts.

'v is the chimney of the engine, which is made detachable, and is shown in elevation at Fig. 9. The bottom part w fits in a holex in the sides j j, and therefore falls when the sides are thrown out.

y is aneye on the bar 6, projecting downward through a slot .2 in the platform a, to which eye a cord at can be attached. This cord is passed through guides b b to the rear of the engine, and is of sufiicient length to be used for suddenly pulling back the bar a, in-

stead'of the bar being forced back by coming in contact with an obstacle.

Suppose the various detachable parts to be disconnected in order to fit them to the carriage and the operative partsof the toy set ready for action. The rod 01, with the upright g and buffer-bar e, are drawn back into the position shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 1, the lugs 1c 7c of the sides j j are inserted in their slots Z l, and the hammer tis raised into A percussion-cap is placed in Ice a handle c for this purpose. If, now, the engine be allowed to run and be directed so that its buffer-bar 6 shall strike against some resisting object the said bar will be forced back and simultaneously the sides j j and cab 0 will be thrown off, the chimney q) will fall, and the hammer i will strike the percussion-cap and produce a report. It will be obvious that a similar result will be obtained if the cord ct be held so as to suddenly check the progress of the engine and draw back the rod n.

Having now particularly described and as-' certained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is 1. A toy locomotive built up of several separate pieces, combined with a buiter-bar carrying an upright provided with a clip, detachable sides of a boiler held to place by said clip, a rod carried by the buffer-bar and serving as a striker, and whereby, when the locomotive is advancing and the buffer strikes an object or is pulledback, the cab shall be thrown off and the said boiler sides released, as set forth.

2. In a self-propelling toy locomotive, the combination, with a boiler composed of cletachable sections or sides j, held temporarily to place both at top and bottom, of springs m, bearing against the inner sides of such boiler-sections, a slide-rod or buffer serving,

when moved lengthwise, to release said sides at their tops, and the springs then serving to force the sides outward and to throw them off, substantially as set forth.

3. In a self-propelling toy locomotive, the

combination of a buffer-bar, a detachable cab 0 and its detaining-wires q,a platform having the clip p and holes 0", and the slide-rod it, connected with the buffer-bar and adapted to strike the cab and throw it off the platform upon the sudden striking or pulling of said bar, all as shown and described. 4. In a toy locomotive, a clip h, connected with a sliding buffer-bar and serving to clasp and retain the bent flanges i of detachable sides or other parts of the locomotive, in combination with springs m, the said parts being adapted to fly apart by the action of such spring upon the buffer-bar being suddenly struck or pulled,substantially as set forth.

5. In a toy locomotive, the combination, with a buffer-bar, of a crook or catch on a rod connected with such bar, and a springhammer retained by the crook or catch, but adapted to be released by the action of the buffer-bar when the latter is suddenly struck or pulled, substantially as set forth.

GEORGE FREDERICK LUT'IICKE. 

